Start w Journey vs Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping is a process most consider an exercise for finding and removing waste. It is a foundational Lean Tool that typically gets introduced early in a Lean Transformation. A Systems2win Excel template is depicted below: In Sales and Marketing you will utilize a Value Stream Mapping process on a project by project basis but Read More …

Lean: The Value Stream Manager

Overview: The Value Stream Manager is responsible for maximizing return on investment (ROI) through his particular value stream of customer identification, customer value, customer acquisition, customer retention and customer monitoring (Value Stream Mapping Customer Value). He translates this value stream and assigns it in conjunction with the team coordinator to particular teams similar to how Read More …

Transferring your Value stream Map to a Kanban board

In this video, Alan Shalloway  of Net Objectives describes the process of mapping a value stream to a Kanban board and why both are important in improving business-driven software development. Alan does a nice job in the video simplifying the process of Value Stream Mapping for non-Lean organizations. He also converts the map to a Read More …

Value Stream Mapping Customer Value

Value Stream Mapping Customer Value can be difficult to say the least. Even getting your organization to decide on what the Customer Value’s can be challenging. This PowerPoint/Video highlights the 5 Cs of Driving Market Share as the method of choice to determine your Customer’s Value Stream. It also introduces the term Voice of Market Read More …

Value Stream Marketing and 5Cs Driving Marketing Share Webinar Series

The Six Sigma Marketing Institute in conjunction with Business901 has developed a 6 part webinar series committed to showing a Value Centered approach to creating and driving market share. We will outline the principle of the 5Cs of Driving Market Share and discuss several case studies to include how a wireless telecom provider used the Read More …